Odd files and double install.

[Tom Talbott]

My system is:

Hardware:
 Model Name:    Mac mini
  Model Identifier:    Macmini2,1
  Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:    2 GHz
  Number Of Processors:    1
  Total Number Of Cores:    2
  L2 Cache:    4 MB
  Memory:    1 GB

Software
System Version:    Mac OS X 10.5.1 (9B18)
Kernel Version:    Darwin 9.1.0.  
US English

I had removed all of the funny files.  After restart, I have:

firefly:~ tomtalbott$ ls -l /
total 42213
-rw-r--r--   1 tomtalbott  admin         0 Feb 10 13:32 %80%E0%FF%BF%AB??%92x%DF%FF%BF%91%9A%C0%95`
-rw-r--r--   1 root        admin         0 Feb 10 13:32 %B0??

I have not used the uninstall script for a while.  Last couple of installs were without the uninstall script.  At this point I can only assume this is related to the ioxperts drivers because others are reporting it.  I have not uninstalled the drivers and then done a restart to see if that eliminates the files.

> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:48:43 -0500
> To: video-beta-discuss at mailman.ioxperts.com
> From: steve.sisak at ioxperts.com
> Subject: Odd files and double install.
> 
> At 3:01 PM -0600 2/9/08, Jeff Phillips wrote:
> >Add me to the list using an SPC900NC on my MacBook.
> >
> >On Feb 9, 2008, at 1:17 PM, Tom Talbott wrote:
> >
> >>I am also getting the odd files in my root.  This is with a Philips 
> >>Vesta 690k and Leopard.
> 
> I've never seen the extra files on any of my systems, so I could use 
> a little help tracking down what causes them. I just realized that 
> another possible source could be then uninstall script, which I 
> rarely run because the installer essentially does the same thing.
> 
> It also could be the case that it's the result of the intermediate 
> state when an initial install has failed, although I got through that 
> state frequently.
> 
> The first question is: "Has anyone seen this on a US English system?"
> 
> If not, under which languages does it occur? My current guess is that 
> one of the scripts is getting confused by a localized spelling of 
> "Application Support" or "Trash", although the underlying OS calls 
> are supposed to use a cannonical spelling.
> 
> If you've done an uninstall and reinstall, when do they show up?
> 
> Also, if anyone would like to try it -- here is a probable workaround 
> for the double install problem:
> 
> sudo killall ioxsessiond
> sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ioxperts.ioxdeviced.1.1.plist
> sudo killall ioxdeviced
> sudo rm -R /var/tmp/com.ioxperts.dm.*
> 
> Execute these lines from the terminal before installing and the 
> install should work. (You should be able to paste them into the 
> terminal and type your password -- note that only one of the middle 
> two should succeed depending on how ioxdeviced was loaded)
> 
> What these command do is:
> 
> 1) Kill all copies of ioxsessions (one per logged-in user)
> 2) Kill ioxdeviced if it was loaded by launchd
> 3) Kill ioxdeviced it it was loaded as a StartupItem (old driver version)
> 4) Remove any leftover UNIX domain socket files
> 
> At this point the daemons should be shut down and the install should work.
> 
> If anyone has a chance to test this on different systems, I'd 
> appreciate it as this is basically what I plan on adding to the 
> installer (and uninstaller) to fix the problem. It's worn knowing 
> that the steps work on all systems before coding it.
> 
> BTW, it's almost never necessary to uninstall the driver before 
> reinstalling -- if the installer doesn't clean up after a previous 
> version, it's a bug.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> -Steve
> -- 
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